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The last two decades have seen a dramatic growth in the proportion
of families headed by women. Most of these families are poor and
include dependent children--causing the development of a large
underprivileged class across the western world. This book explores
the causes and implications of this development. Because the
increase in mother-headed families is an international trend, an
international perspective has been adopted. The discussion centers
on selected countries where certain trends are most visible. Among
the western nations particular attention is given to the United
States, Sweden, and the former U.S.S.R., because of their high
prevalence of mother-headed families; and trends in some countries
with a middling prevalence are also discussed. Japan is included,
because of its combination of advanced industrialization with a
non-western tradition and a low incidence of mother-headed
families. Accordingly, the book considers broad supranational
influences, and proposes some explanations that draw on material
from history, anthropology, sociology, psychology, women's studies,
economics, literature, and religious studies.
The authors present definitive information on the incidence of
mother-headed families across historical epochs and culture groups.
This includes an exploration of the conditions under which such
families have been many or few and have been treated well or poorly
by their communities. They also offer some theoretical explanations
for the increasing frequency of this family form and consider
whether these interpretations fit the facts that have been
gathered. Finally, there is a detailed discussion revealing what
these explanations may imply for the future--that is, whether the
number of mother-headed families is likely to increase, stabilize,
or decrease.
The last two decades have seen a dramatic growth in the proportion
of families headed by women. Most of these families are poor and
include dependent children--causing the development of a large
underprivileged class across the western world. This book explores
the causes and implications of this development. Because the
increase in mother-headed families is an international trend, an
international perspective has been adopted. The discussion centers
on selected countries where certain trends are most visible. Among
the western nations particular attention is given to the United
States, Sweden, and the former U.S.S.R., because of their high
prevalence of mother-headed families; and trends in some countries
with a middling prevalence are also discussed. Japan is included,
because of its combination of advanced industrialization with a
non-western tradition and a low incidence of mother-headed
families. Accordingly, the book considers broad supranational
influences, and proposes some explanations that draw on material
from history, anthropology, sociology, psychology, women's studies,
economics, literature, and religious studies. The authors present
definitive information on the incidence of mother-headed families
across historical epochs and culture groups. This includes an
exploration of the conditions under which such families have been
many or few and have been treated well or poorly by their
communities. They also offer some theoretical explanations for the
increasing frequency of this family form and consider whether these
interpretations fit the facts that have been gathered. Finally,
there is a detailed discussion revealing what these explanations
may imply for the future--that is, whether the number of
mother-headed families is likely to increase, stabilize, or
decrease.
When a mildly kink-themed trilogy became popular in 2012, it
resulted in media speculation that feminism was in reverse. As the
Western media went BDSM-mad, writer Catherine Scott decided to
address the growing anti-feminist conversation about kink. She
found there was no writing that looked at the intersection of pop
culture, BDSM and feminism; so she decided to create it herself.
Taking on the different tropes that kink is often reduced to and
how these are represented in books, TV shows, movies and the music
industry, Scott explores the debates around BDSM and the issues
raised for feminists. Is the female dominant truly powerful, or is
she just another objectified body? Does lesbian BDSM avoid the
problematic nature of heterosexual kink, or is it actually more
subject to the male gaze? And what is it about kink that means pop
culture producers, ranging from Anne Rice to the makers of Scrubs,
keep using it to attract audiences? Examining these and many more
debates that pop culture depictions of BDSM raise for the feminist
viewer, Scott interweaves her own experiences and research in the
BDSM scene with the way kink is portrayed in the media.
This poignant collection of oral histories tells the stories of
nine Laotians, four Cambodians and nine Vietnamese: what their
lives were like before 1975, what happened after the Communist
takeover that made them decide to flee their native countries, and
how they escaped. The storytellers (housewife, Amerasian child,
schoolteacher, government clerk, military officer, security agent,
Buddhist monk, artist) create a broad and moving picture of the new
realities of contemporary Indochina.
Thoroughly updated with DSM-5 content throughout, this book is
written for the average trauma clinician (or clinician new to the
field who is confronted with a trauma client) to use in his or her
daily work. Key Features Offers an Integrated Approach to Trauma
Treatment Presents a Clinician-Friendly Review of Treatment
Literature Addresses Innovative and "Cutting-Edge" Topics. This
popular text provides a creative synthesis of
cognitive-behavioural, relational, affect regulation, mindfulness,
and psychopharmacologic approaches to the "real world" treatment of
acute and chronic posttraumatic states. Grounded in
empirically-supported trauma treatment techniques, and adapted to
the complexities of actual clinical practice, it is a hands-on
resource for front-line clinicians, those in private practice, and
graduate students of public mental health.
Thousands have run afoul of Britain's Obscene Publications Act-from
Victorian erotica presses to 21st century dominatrices. At a time
when the Internet has made sexually explicit material ubiquitous,
why are British traditional media still regulated by a vaguely
worded law from 1857? This comprehensive analysis of obscenity in
British culture explores what is considered obscene, who gets to
decide, and how class, race and gender inform laws regarding adult
content. The author describes how obscenity laws disproportionately
affect the BDSM subculture, the LGBT community and feminist porn
performers.
The extraordinary inside story of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda in
the years after 9/11. Following the attacks on the Twin Towers,
Osama bin Laden, the most wanted man in the world, eluded
intelligence services and Special Forces units for almost a decade.
Using remarkable, first-person testimony from bin Laden's family
and closest aides, The Exile chronicles this astonishing tale of
evasion, collusion and isolation. In intimate detail, The Exile
reveals not only the frantic attack on Afghanistan by the United
States in their hunt for bin Laden but also how and why, when they
found his family soon after, the Bush administration rejected the
chance to seize them. It charts the formation of ISIS, and uncovers
the wasted opportunity to kill its Al Qaeda-sponsored founder; it
explores the development of the CIA's torture programme; it details
Iran's secret shelter for bin Laden's family and Al Qaeda's
military council; and it captures the power struggles, paranoia and
claustrophobia within the Abbottabad house prior to the raid. A
landmark work of investigation and reportage, The Exile is as
authoritative as it is compelling, and essential reading for anyone
concerned with history, security and future relations with the
Islamic world.
Learn to Teach explores the most up-to-date findings on how
children learn, to help teachers create effective learning
environments and plan for teaching. Drawing on a neo-Vygotskian
approach to learning, it covers the purpose of education;
socio-cultural approaches to human cognition; attention and
intelligence as cognitive tools; and the role of mindsets, memory
and language in learning. It promotes the idea that the mind is a
cultural product and that education is best understood as fostering
the development of valued cognitive tools appropriate for the
twenty-first century. To provide readers with a holistic
understanding of learning, the book explores the significant
contributions to the study of learning and teaching from
psychologists, sociologists and cultural theorists. Readers are
encouraged to critically engage with - and challenge - some of the
prevailing learning theories in order to better understand their
students. Each chapter features classroom observation exercises,
discussion questions and links to further reading.
How should failed states in Africa be understood? Catherine Scott
here critically engages with the concept of state failure and
provides an historical reinterpretation. She shows that, although
the concept emerged in the context of the post-Cold War new world
order, the phenomenon has been attendant throughout (and even
before) the development of the Westphalian state system.
Contemporary failed states, however, differ from their historical
counterparts in one fundamental respect: they fail within their
existing borders and continue to be recognised as something that
they are not. This peculiarity derives from international norms
instituted in the era of decolonisation, which resulted in the
inviolability of state borders and the supposed universality of
statehood. Scott argues that contemporary failed states are, in
fact, failed post-colonies. Thus understood, state failure is less
the failure of existing states and more the failed rooting and
institutionalisation of imported and reified models of Western
statehood. Drawing on insights from the histories of Uganda and
Burundi, from pre-colonial polity formation to the present day, she
explores why and how there have been failures to create effective
and legitimate national states within the bounds of inherited
colonial jurisdictions on much of the African continent.
Cooking, African American foods, Soul food, Food, A cookbook for
new cooks, Southern Food, Holiday favorite dishes, Grandmother
cooking, Black foods, Main Dishes, Side dishes, Specialty dishes,
Entrees, Meals, Quick, Easy, Creole foods, Cajun dishes, Eating,
Dining
Maura Tennyson Tyson is a successful writer and well-respected
investigator. Soon after she finished her graduate program, Maura
displayed a unique gift for evidence analysis that led to the
capture of a man who had set eleven young women on fire. Her book
profiled the killer and his firestorm of destruction, and won
critical acclaim. Maura intended to vacation in Sanderson, Wyoming,
at the home of her friend and colleague, forensic scientist Dr.
Alan Swayne, and then return to Atlanta to marry fiance Jackson
Williams. The engagement was broken, and Maura remained in
Sanderson to write her third book. At Dr. Swayne's request, Maura
joins the investigation with Detective Roger Joyce and his partner
when a second homicide occurs in Sanderson. Both victims have
identical wounds - one stab wound to the heart, another to the
groin. At each scene, investigators find a scrap of paper with a
stanza of poetry, but have no likely suspect. Resentful of her
inclusion in the investigation, Joyce, a former FBI profiler, is
surly and distrustful. A third murder occurs. Just as they are
making progress toward forming an effective investigative team,
Joyce uncovers details of Maura's past that point to her as the
prime suspect.(less)
From the award-winning author of "The Road from Chapel Hill," a
story of loyalty, duty, and love in the days following the Civil
War.
Returning to characters introduced in her previous novel,
acclaimed author Joanna Catherine Scott explores the terrain of a
devastated South, where the war is over-but conflict lives on.
Having endured years of hardship, Eugenia Mae Spotswood returns to
Wilmington to find out who her mother is, only to be faced with
racism and hatred...until she is befriended by the most powerful
Negro leader in the state Senate.
Also driven forward are the strong-minded ex-slave Tom and his
crippled former enemy Clyde Bricket. Tom spent the last years of
the war working for the Union as a spy. Now, Clyde watches as his
family farm slowly dies. Only if they work together can they
survive...
An unforgettable epic novel of the Civil War South from an
award-winning author.
"From Joanna Catherine Scott comes a sweeping tale of the Civil
War, unique in its perspective and exquisitely woven, in which
three young Southerners worlds apart are joined in a quest for
something greater than themselves."
Eugenia Mae Spotswood, the daughter of a failed aristocrat, longs
to regain the life she lost. The slave Tom wants one thing:
freedom. After becoming the property of Eugenia Mae, a dangerous
affection grows. But he learns freedom is not something she can
give him-he must fight for it himself.
Clyde Bricket, the farm boy responsible for Tom's capture, has
always believed in the South. But he soon learns that sometimes the
only way to redeem yourself is to fight against everything he
thought he believed in.
When an American mother's three adopted children reach their teens, they grow curious about their Korean heritage. A much-anticipated letter from Korea fails to satisfy them but sparks memories in the eldest. So begins the heartbreaking and inspiring tale of their birth mother's life as their adoptive mother imagines it. Abandoned as a baby and then again and again, Mi Sook is raised in a Korean coffee shop by its string of owner-mothers. She grows to adulthood fiercely independent and eventually comes to manage the shop. But her marriage to Kun Soo, with whom she has three children, begins a series of events that ultimately wrench her babies from her arms. Deceived by Kun Soo and his well-intentioned mother, and unsupported by a rigidly Confucian culture, Mi Sook emerges as a tragic and heroic figure who embodies the rich complexities of a nation -- and of the heart.
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